turbo heaven 🌼 ali

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...No. Power use isn't allowed, and they're really strict about that. I only just turned eighteen, so I still have to go to school for a few more years, but they give us plenty of time to do what we like, too. It doesn't have things like gardens or whatever, but there's plenty to keep busy.

[smokeandglasses]

[Ali, internally: oh this doesn't sound good at all.]

Huh...Did your parents live there too, and you just happened to be born there?

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I don't know my parents, but I've lived there for as long as I can remember.

[ if vel josses me i'm gonna lose it ]

[smokeandglasses]

[OH NO THIS MAKES HIM SAD NOW]

Really? Did someone else raise you?

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[ shrugs. ]

The instructors usually take care of those of us who don't have family. And there's, like, a daycare situation for kids when they're really small, anyway, since parents have to work, so it's not like I was ever alone.

[smokeandglasses]

That still sounds like...

[He shakes his head.]

At least you were all taken care of.

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[ hm. ]

Sounds like what?

[smokeandglasses]

[ope]

A little sad, I guess. Bonding with a parent- birth or adopted- is a key part of growing up.

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[ oh is that how it is. ]

I'm hardly the only one who grew up in the Tower without family. We're all fine.

[smokeandglasses]

[That still sounds really sad, but.]

Well...as long as you felt loved and appreciated, that's what matters in the end.

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[ squints. ]

I guess.

[ cannot answer if he felt "loved and appreciated" or not tbh. ]

[smokeandglasses]

[LAURENCE...]

I see...

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You see what?!

[smokeandglasses]

No, no, I'm trying to be supportive. There's no hidden meaning behind it.

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...Right.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. We just go to school and stuff like everyone else. I don't see the problem.